Mr Oxford said the Huaorani Indians are highly in tune with their environment.

He said: “Some still live very traditionally and for this shoot, through my Huaorani friend, a direct relative of those photographed he wanted to depict them as close to their original culture as possible.

“They still largely hunt with blowpipes and spears eating a lot of monkeys and peccaries.”

The Huaorani people, also known as the Waorani, Waodani or the Waos, are being threatened by oil exploration within their homeland.

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Reports say there are less than 4,000 people in the tribe living near the Rio Napo.

Mr Oxford added: "I was accepted and everything that was theirs was mine to share."

“Unfortunately, I could not reciprocate and stayed in a small tent on which I had to put a small padlock.

“For a Huaorani, my computer cables were excellent tethers to tie up a dead peccary but for me represented being able to work or not.”